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The analyses of a text #3
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
His best friend Steerforth just now barged into his apartment at evening.
He came from the fishing village Yarmouth and the narrator will go there tomorrow.
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'You have just come back,' said I, 'and it would be in vain to ask you to go with me?'
'Quite,' he returned. 'I am for Highgate tonight. I have not seen my mother this long time, and it lies upon my conscience, for it's something to be loved as she loves her prodigal son. - Bah! Nonsense! - You mean to go tomorrow, I suppose?' he said, holding me out at arm's length, with a hand on each of my shoulders.
'Yes, I think so.'
'Well, then, don't go till next day. I wanted you to come and stay a few days with us. Here I am, on purpose to bid you, and you fly off to Yarmouth!'
'You are a nice fellow to talk of flying off, Steerforth, who are always running wild on some unknown expedition or other!'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to what "am for" means.
2. I'd like to know what "it" and "something" refer to.
3. And I'd like to know by what intention he said "You are a nice fellow to talk of flying off."
Thank you in advance for your help.
His best friend Steerforth just now barged into his apartment at evening.
He came from the fishing village Yarmouth and the narrator will go there tomorrow.
....................................
'You have just come back,' said I, 'and it would be in vain to ask you to go with me?'
'Quite,' he returned. 'I am for Highgate tonight. I have not seen my mother this long time, and it lies upon my conscience, for it's something to be loved as she loves her prodigal son. - Bah! Nonsense! - You mean to go tomorrow, I suppose?' he said, holding me out at arm's length, with a hand on each of my shoulders.
'Yes, I think so.'
'Well, then, don't go till next day. I wanted you to come and stay a few days with us. Here I am, on purpose to bid you, and you fly off to Yarmouth!'
'You are a nice fellow to talk of flying off, Steerforth, who are always running wild on some unknown expedition or other!'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to what "am for" means.
2. I'd like to know what "it" and "something" refer to.
3. And I'd like to know by what intention he said "You are a nice fellow to talk of flying off."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. "I am for Highgate" = I am going to Highgate / I am bound for Highgate. 2.
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- "I am for Highgate" = I am going to Highgate / I am bound for Highgate.
- 2.
- "it" is a dummy "it" -- or anticipatory "it" in the sense that the logical meaning is "to be loved as she loves her prodigal son is something".
- "something" means a notable or important thing.
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1. "I am for Highgate" = I am going to Highgate / I am bound for Highgate.
2. "it" is a dummy "it" -- or anticipatory "it" in the sense that the logical meaning is "to be loved as she loves her prodigal son is something". "something" means a notable or important thing.
3. You accuse me of flying off, and yet you are always flying off yourself.
2. "it" is a dummy "it" -- or anticipatory "it" in the sense that the logical meaning is "to be loved as she loves her prodigal son is something". "something" means a notable or important thing.
3. You accuse me of flying off, and yet you are always flying off yourself.
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